John Post
Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus
Degrees
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Philosophy
M.A., University of Wisconsin, Philosophy
B.A., Harvard University, History
Research Area
Metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of science, meta-ethics, and philosophy of religion
Current Research
He is currently writing a book on epistemology: Minimal Epistemology: Beyond Terminal Philosophy to Truth (latest working title)
Publications
From Nature to Norm: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Morals, BookSurge (2008)
"Naturalism, Reduction and Normativity: Pressing from Below," forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
"Method, Madness, and Normativity"Philo, forthcoming (2004)
"Reply to Gale and Pruss" Philo, forthcoming (2004)
"Omniscience, Weak PSR, and Method" Philo, 6 (2003), 33-48
"Sense and Supervenience." Philo. Fall Wint 01; 4(2): 123-137.
(with Derek Turner) "Sic Transitivity: Reply to McGrew and McGrew." Journal of Philosophical Research. Ja 2000; 25: 67-82.
"Is Supervenience Asymmetric?" Manuscrito. O 99; 22(2): 305-344.
"Post-Quinean Philosophical Investigations," Quine and Wittgenstein. Edited by Robert Arrington and Hans-Johann Glock. New York: Routledge, 1996. pp. 252-279.
"The Foundationalism in Irrealism, and the Immorality." Journal of Philosophical Research. Ja 96; 21: 1-14.
"Epistemology." Discourse on the Method and Meditations on First Philosophy. Edited by David Weissman. New Haven: Yale UP, 1996.
"Perspectives on Buchler." Metaphilosophy. Jl 95; 26(3): 279-299.
""Global" Supervenient Determination: Too Permissive?" Supervenience: New Essays. Edited by Elias E. Savellos. Cambridge: Needham Heights, 1995.
Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction. New York: Paragon House, 1991.
"Objective Value, Realism, and the End of Metaphysics." Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 1990; 4(2): 147-160.
The Faces of Existence: An Essay in Nonreductive Metaphysics. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1987.
"Paradox in Critical Rationalism and Related Theories." Evolutionary Epistemology. Edited by Gerard Radnitzky. La Salle: Open Court, 1987.
"A Godelian Theorem for Theories of Rationality." Evolutionary Epistemology. Edited by Gerard Radnitzky. La Salle: Open Court, 1987.
"On the Determinacy of Valuation." Philosophical Studies. MY 84; 45: 315-334.
"On the Determinacy of Truth and Translation." Southern Journal of Philosophy. SUPP 83; 22: 117-136.
"Response: "Comment on Paul Teller's 'A Poor Man's Guide To Supervience and Determination." Southern Journal of Philosophy. SUPP 83; 22: 163-167.
"Infinite Regress of Justification and of Explanation." Philosophical Studies. JL 80; 38: 31-52.
"Presupposition, Bi-valence and the Possible Liar." Philosophia. O 79; 8: 645-650.
"Shades of Possibility." Journal of Philosophical Logic. AP 74; 3: 155-158.
"Propositions, Possible Languages and The Liar's Revenge." British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. S 74; 25: 223-234.
"New Foundations for Philosophical Theology: Quine with God." Journal of Philosophy. 7 NOV 74; 71: 736-748.
"Shades of the Liar." Journal of Philosophical Logic. JL 73; 2: 370-385.
"Referential Presupposition." Australasian Journal of Philosophy. AG 72; 50: 160-167.
"The Possible Liar." Nous. N 70; 4: 405-409.
"An Analysis of Presupposing." Southern Journal of Philosophy. FALL 68; 6: 167-171.
"Special Reasons and Specific Answers." Analysis. JA 65; 25: 86-93.
"Does Knowing Make a Difference to What Is Known?" Philosophical Quarterly. JL 65; 15: 220-228








